New Trier township, Cook County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 10 (59% naturalized citizens)

New Trier township:

10.5%

Whole state:

12.3%

65% of New Trier township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 25% lived in Illinois.

Housing units in structures:

Housing units in New Trier township with a mortgage: 11,098 (837 second mortgage, 2,201 home equity loan, 52 both second mortgage and home equity loan)Houses without a mortgage: 4,874

Year house built

1999 to March 2000: 182

1995 to 1998: 532

1990 to 1994: 473

1980 to 1989: 500

1970 to 1979: 1,272

1960 to 1969: 2,850

1950 to 1959: 4,855

1940 to 1949: 1,610

1939 or earlier: 8,535

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in New Trier township, Illinois:

1 room: 0

2 rooms: 38

3 rooms: 255

4 rooms: 547

5 rooms: 1,218

6 rooms: 2,336

7 rooms: 3,332

8 rooms: 3,424

9 or more rooms: 6,822

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in New Trier township, Illinois:

1 room: 91

2 rooms: 143

3 rooms: 440

4 rooms: 523

5 rooms: 344

6 rooms: 246

7 rooms: 148

8 rooms: 106

9 or more rooms: 143

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in New Trier township:

no bedroom: 16

1 bedroom: 364

2 bedrooms: 1,668

3 bedrooms: 6,225

4 bedrooms: 5,809

5 or more bedrooms: 3,890

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in New Trier township:

no bedroom: 113

1 bedroom: 769

2 bedrooms: 626

3 bedrooms: 448

4 bedrooms: 168

5 or more bedrooms: 60

Cars and other vehicles available in New Trier township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 339

1 vehicle: 4,269

2 vehicles: 10,378

3 vehicles: 2,366

4 vehicles: 489

5 or more vehicles: 131

Cars and other vehicles available in New Trier township in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 296

1 vehicle: 1,169

2 vehicles: 638

3 vehicles: 57

4 vehicles: 18

5 or more vehicles: 6

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

Professional, scientific, and technical services (26%)

Finance and insurance (17%)

Health care (7%)

Educational services (6%)

Construction (4%)

Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)

Accommodation and food services (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (16%)

Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)

Health care (13%)

Finance and insurance (8%)

Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)

Social assistance (3%)

Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Lawyers (12%)

Top executives (9%)

Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)

Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)

Business operations specialists (5%)

Physicians and surgeons (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)

Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)

Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)

Business operations specialists (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in New Trier township:

Irish (16.1%)

German (13.5%)

English (10.1%)

United States or American (6.1%)

Polish (5.4%)

Russian (5.4%)

Italian (4.9%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Korea (12%)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)

Poland (7%)

Germany (6%)

United Kingdom (5%)

Japan (5%)

Philippines (4%)

Means of transportation to work:

Drove a car alone: 16,068 (65%)

Carpooled: 1,325 (5%)

Bus or trolley bus: 98 (0%)

Streetcar or trolley car: 4 (0%)

Subway or elevated: 465 (2%)

Railroad: 4,241 (17%)

Taxi: 16 (0%)

Motorcycle: 6 (0%)

Bicycle: 85 (0%)

Walked: 366 (1%)

Other means: 133 (1%)

Worked at home: 1,968 (8%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (90%)

Electricity (8%)

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in New Trier township, Illinois:

126 people in nursing homes

78 people in religious group quarters

20 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

2 people in other nonhousehold living situations

86.8% of residents of New Trier township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
5.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).